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What happens when you change your portfolio URL?

Written by Eric from Authory
Updated over a week ago

You can easily change the public URL of your Authory portfolio at any time.

However, there’s one important thing to be aware of: Changing your main portfolio URL also affects all nested pages under it. This guide walks you through how it works and what to consider before updating your link.

How to change your portfolio URL

By default, Authory generates a URL based on your name:

authory.com/your-name

You can change this to anything available.

  • Go to Portfolio Editor in the sidebar.

  • Click Share (top right).

  • Make sure your portfolio is set to Public or Password protected.

  • Click Edit link.

  • Update the URL slug.

  • Click Confirm.

What changes when you update the URL?

When you change your portfolio URL, you are not just changing the homepage address. You are changing the base URL for everything under it.

For example:

  • Your homepage:
    ​ authory.com/your-name

  • An About page:
    ​ authory.com/your-name/p/about

  • A Testimonials page:
    ​ authory.com/your-name/p/testimonials

  • A collection page

  • A content item page

If you change your-name to something else, all of these URLs change automatically.

Important: Previously Shared Links Will Stop Working

If you have already shared:

  • A direct link to your About page

  • A link to a specific collection

  • A nested page under your portfolio

Those links will no longer work after you change your portfolio URL.

Why? Because the base part of the URL has changed, and all nested pages depend on that base.


Example:

Old:

authory.com/eric-hendrickson/p/case-studies

New:

authory.com/eric-j/p/case-studies

The old link will no longer resolve.

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